Car-door fastener.



PATENTED FEB. 7. 1905.

S-SHEET 1 J. L. YARNELL.

CAR DOOR FASTENBR.

APPLIOATION FILED MR. z5, 1904 No. 781,756. PATBNTED PEB. 7, 1905. J. L.YARNELL.

GAR DOOR FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED APB. 25, 1904.

z sums-SHEET 2.

INVENTOR 529, am/C.

Patented February '7, 1905.

PATENT @Ferca JESSE L. YARNELL, OF ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CAR-DOOR FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. '781,7 56, datedFebruary '7, 1905.

Application tiled April 25, 1904. Serial No. 204,791.

T (LU 71171/0721/ it muy cm1/cern:

Be it known that l, Jesse L. YARN ELL, a citizen ot' the United States,residing at Altoona, in the count)v of Blair and State ot' Pennsylvania,have invented new and useful Improvements in Car-Door Fasteners, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in car-door fasteners ot' that kindor st vle which is particularly adapted for attachment to slidable doorswhich when in closed position set Hush with the face of the car-body andwhich when opened slide over and stand parallel with the closed wall ofthe car-body.

The mechanism comprises a sliding' bolt, an actuating-lever, and meansto hold the lever in locked position.

'lhe invention consists in the novel construction of parts and theiraggroupment in operative novel combinations, as will be t'ullvYhereinafter described and the asserted novelty particularly set forthand distinctly claimed.

I have fully and clearly illustrated the improvements in the annexeddrawings to be taken as a part of this specification.

Reference being had to the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of aportion of a car-body shown as having my improvements attached. theVfastening-lever being' indicated as locked in the fastening' position.Fig. 2 is a side ele vation showing the locking-lever as in the movementto carriY the door out ot' its seat in the car-body and placing the doorso that it can be slid back on the trolleys. Fig. 3 is a verticalsectional view through the door and wall ot' the car and side elevationof the complete fastener. Fig. Llis a detail longitudinal section through the car-wall and the door. taken on the line i I of Fig. 2 andshowing the fastener in plan view and indicating' the fastening-bolt asin locked position. Fig. 5 is adetail longitudinal section taken on thesame line as that ot' Fig. 4 and showing the fastener as unlocked andthe doer as partly swung outward to be moved to open the opening' in thecar.

ln the drawings the same parts appearing in diii'erent illustrations aredesignated bythe same reference-notations.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a car-body, which may be of anyof the usual and approved constructions adapted for the transportationof freight. In the side of the car-body is made an entrance, as usual,which is closed by a door l titted therein. The entrance has a topcross-piece 2 firmly secured to the inner face of the top rail thereof`and to the vertical side boards on the inside are secured cleats 3 l tobring thedoor-face flush with the outer face of [he car-wall. 'l'hecleats 3 I are formed with inwardI v-extendcd flanges 5, against whichthe door lodges when closed, and in the cleat 3 is formed a groove l5 totake in the flange made onthe stile of the door and lock it Jfast atthat end.

l designates the door made up of vertical boards, as shown. which aresecured lo top and bottom rails and vertical side boards. which piecesconstitute the frame olthe door and bring its outer tace flush with theouter face ot' the car-body, as indicated in the drawings. 'l`hevertical stud or board T ot' the door-frame is formed with a tongue S,which engages in the groove 6 in the cleat 3 to hold the door fast bythe engagement. Instead ot' the groove and flange the cleat 3 may havesockets made in it and the door be provided with studs to enter thesockets and hold' the door in position at that end. At a proper place onthe car-body face is secured a bracket 9, on which the lower edge ot'the door rides while being opened.

Adjacent to the upper end of the :ar-facing are secured a pluralit)Y ofbrackets l0, to the outer ends ot' which is secured a horizontal railil, on which the hangers ride. The main portion et' this rail ll liesparallel with the` face of the car at such distance therefrom as topermit the free movement of the door when being opened and closed. Theend portion 1Q ot' the rail ll is inclined inward toward the face of thecar, so that the hanger occupying that portion of the rail when the dooris being operated will draw the door outward and when being closed thehanger will push the door into the desired position. 'lo the upper endof the door adjacent to the flanged side is secured a hanger 13, havinga passage lil, in which the rail 1l is arranged, and in the hanger abovethe passage is journaled a roller l5, (see IOO the dotted lines,) whichtraverses the rail and rides thereon to support the door.

16 designates a hanger having a passage therethrough to receive the rail11, on which the hanger rides, as indicated. This hanger 16 is providedwith a roller 15, a duplicate of that arranged in the hanger 13.

Both hangers have their inner walls cut out, as indicated in Fig. 3, toafford for the passage of the hangers over the bracket-arms 10. Thehanger 16 is formed at its base with an inwardly-extending part 17,which is provided with a vertical bearing-aperture to take in the upperend of the crank-shaft hereinafter described.

To the face of the door are secured upper and lower strap-keepers 17,constituting bearings for the verticalcr ank-shaft 18. The upper keeperbeing located in alinement with the upper edge of the door, as shown,serves as y a support for the crank-shaft, the crank 19 of which restson the keeper and is formed with a vertically extending 'stud orprojection, which engages loosely in the bearingaperture of theinwardly-extending part 17 of the hanger 16, substantially as shown. Thelower portion of the shaft 18 is extended to form a lever 20, which islocked to a staple or eye 21, fixed in the face of the door. Afastening-pin 22 is one of the means which may be used to secure thelever to the staple. The lever 2O is formed with a longitudinal slot 23,for the purpose hereinafter specilied. 1n the cleat of the door-frame ismade a horizontal passage 24, wherein is slidingly disposed alocking-bolt 25, which engages in a bolt-socket 26, made in the cheek ofthe vertical upright of the door-entrance, as seen in Fig. 4 of thedrawings. To the end of the bolt is pivotally connected the one end ofan actuating-lever 27, fulcrumed to a support 28, secured to the face ofthe car-door, as shown in the drawings. To the outer` end of the lever27 is pivotally connect-ed one end of a link 29, the other end beingprovided with a stud 30, which slidingly engages in the slot 23 of theoperating-lever 20. lt will now be readily perceived that when the boltis shoved home into the socket in the frame of the door-opening' thebolt will remain locked as long' as the lever remains in the positionseen in Fig. 4 of the drawings. ll'yhen the purpose is to open the door,the lever is released from its holding appliances and is turned outwardand away from the door on a horizontal plane and the bolt is withdrawnby the movement an d at the same time the rotation of the crankshaftwill lift the door from its seat in the opening', so as to escape thecar-facing, and then by applying force the door may be run out on therail 11 until the desired position is reached. A buffer or stop-block 31is secured to the face of the car, which limits the movement of thecar-door in that direction. W'hen the bolt is in locked position, a pinmay be utilized to fasten it in position and the usual seal be securedin addition as a protective element. After the door has been opened andit is desired or required to return it to the closed position the leveris permitted to remain in the position assumed when in the unlockedcondition and the door is pushed back until the door reaches the openingand substantially alines therewith, when the lever 2() is reversed fromthe unlocked position to the locked position, which movement turns thecrank-shaft and pushes the door into the entrance and at the same timeresults in moving the bolt into locked position. It will be seen thatthe operating-lever lies in the locked position as well as in theunlocked position close against the door, so as to be out of the way ofpassing' cars.

' Having thus described my invention\ what 1 claim is 1. In combinationwith a car provided with an entrance, a door adapted to tit within theentrance, means for supporting the door, a crank-shaft to withdraw thedoor from the entrance, said crank-sh aft being' provided with a slottedlever, a bolt adapted to retain the door within the entrance, a leverfulcrumed upon the door and having one end connected to said bolt, and alink connected to the free end of said lever and provided with a studarranged in said slot.

2. In combination witha car provided with an entrance, cleats providedwith flanges, one of said cleats being provided with a groove and theother provided with a passage, adoor adapted to tit within the entranceand adapted to engage said flanges, said door being provided with aiiange adapted to engage in the groove in said cleat, means forsuspending the door, a crank-shaft to withdraw the door from theentrance and provided with a lever, a bolt adapted to engage in thepassage in said cleat, and means for connecting the bolt and said lever,whereby the bolt will be withdrawn simultaneously with the movement ofthe door from the opening.

3. rlhe combination with a car having' an entrance wherein one stile isformed with a locking-groove and the other stile with a boltsocket, of adoor adapted to fit within the entrance and formed with a flange toengage in the locking-groove, a rail secured to the car and having' aninwardly-inclined portion at the flanged end of the door to carry thedoor inward at that side, a hanger secured to the door and to travel onthe rail, a second hanger mounted on the rail and formed with aninwardly-extending bearing-lug, a crankbar secured to the door andhaving its upper end pivotally secured in the bearing-lug of the secondhanger and formed with a leverarm at its lower end, a bolt slidablydisposed in the door and engaging' in the bolt-socket, a lever connectedto the end of the bolt, and a link having' one end connected to the saidlever and its other end adjustably connected to the lever on the end ofthe crank-bar.

l. ln combination with a car provided with an entrance, cleats providedwith inwardlydirected fianges, one of said cleats being provided with agroove and the other with a passage, a door adapted to titwithin theentrance and abutting against said flanges, said door being providedwith a Hange adapted to engage in said groove, means for suspending thedoor, a crank-shaft having connection with said means and provided witha slotted lever, a bolt adapted to [it in the passage, a lever fulcrumedupon the door and having one end connected to the bolt, and a linksecured to the free end of said lever and provided with a stud fittingwithin the slot of the lever of the crank-shaft.

In combination with a ear provided with an entrance, a door, means forsuspending said door, a crank-shaft having connection with said meansand adapted to remove the door from the entrance, said crank-shaftbeing' provided with a lever, a bolt, and link connection between saidbolt and thc lever of the crankshaft.

6. In combination with a car provided with an entrance, a door, meansfor suspending the door, a crank-shaft having connection with said meansand adapted to remove the door fronithc entrance, said crank-shaft beingprovided with a lever, a bolt, a lever fulcrumed upon the door andhaving connection with the bolt, and a link connection between the leverof the crank-shaft and said last-named lever.

In testimony whereotl I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twoattesting witnesses.

JESSE L. YARNELL. Witnesses:

CHARLns (niisnv, MARY C. iICQkiRMAc.

